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The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable Annotations…
Description
General title page (1609) with woodcut border comprising twenty-four small compartments showing the tents of the twelve tribes as well as the figures of the twelve apostles. Title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame. Text in two column Roman font with the complete set of Geneva illustrations and maps. Printed title page to the Second Part before Psalms. Apocrypha removed, likely by a zealous Puritan. New Testament title page (1609) with similar woodcut border. This copy contains a misprint at John 6:67 where it reads “Judas” instead of “Jesus.” Ends on colophon (1609). First chapter woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout.
Collation
[par]^4, A-Z^8, &^6, Aa-Qq^8, Aaa-Qqq^8, Rrr^4. Lacks the Apocrypha, else complete with all title pages.
Binding
Professionally rebound in dark brown calf. Spine with four gilt-lined raised bands, one gilt-lined black label with the words “Holy Bible” lettered in gilt. Gilt tooling to compartments. Plain endpapers.
Condition
Good margins throughout with a strong impression; small pin-hole over the “u” in Judas at John 6:67; occasional, mostly marginal staining or ink blots; Aaa8-Bbb4 dark staining to upper few lines of text; a clean, and attractive copy of an illustrated Geneva Bible with a collectible misprint.
References
Herbert 298.